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whattheduckisthisbullpit · 4 years ago

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Rating the new Mighty Nein looks by how actually warm they seem to be

* for this I will be assuming they are all wearing thermal pants/leggings/underwear, as you should if you are travelling in cold areas

** Also, while I am an Northerner, I am not a cold weather survival expert and this is just based on personal experience/knowledge

*** Also, I realize aesthetic over practicality in fantasy, but thought this would be a wonderful learning opportunity! Especially for people in warmer climates

1 Veth - Got this cold weather thing on lock! Gloves, ear covers, fur lined boots and coat means that all the important parts are covered from wind and cold air! Coat is buttoned and close in the torso area, preventing wind from getting in. Looking cute and toasty!! Cant tell layers, but for maximum warmth should be paired with a thermal undershirt and warm long sleeved shirt. Only thing I would add is a little pom pom scarf.

2 Jester - She said it would be a bit lighter cause she is cold resistant but she still looks nice and warm! Fur lined boots and coat, ear muffs, and gloves (can change between fingerless and mitts, not the warmest but useful if you need to do fancy spell stuff) keeps the extremities warm. Sleeves on the coat are short but looks like fur-lined thermal long sleeve underneath. Based on the look of them I'm assuming the pants we see are the thermal layer so she could do with one more bottom layer and having the coat done up a little bit more, as a loose, open coat can let cold air in.

3 Caduceus - The primary rule of cold weather wear is to layer, and Cad has that on lock! I'm counting about 4 upper layers! And a nice pair of warm gloves! Doesn't look like his stuff is fur lined, but he's fluffy enough! Should have a nice hat to cover those adorable ears and a scarf!

4. Caleb - Caleb also knows how to layer properly! Looks like he is wearing 3 upper layers, including a warm quilted tunic. Whole coat looks fur lined, which is what gives him the edge over Fjord. Not wearing gloves, but I don't think that is much of a problem when you can set your WHOLE ARM on fire. Warm looking scarf is long enough to wrap around his head and cover his ears, but should really have a hat.

5. Fjord - Now Fjord has a hat, but it doesn't even cover his ears!!! No mitts, coat only has the decorative fur along the shoulder?? Also looks like he's got the layers going for him, with a fur lined jacket, under his coat so I cant fault him too hard.

6. Beau - I know you have amazing abs, but the torso is the most important part to keep warm. You should be layering up in that area...not layering down!! Hood is fur lined, but it should be paired with a hat or earmuffs. One strong wind blows that hood down are you ears are gone. Open sleeves and wide legged pants allow for any gust of cold wind into your outfit. Will accept no mitts for Monk Reasons TM.

7. Yasha - The only thing keeping her warm is how fucking hot she is. Lace up pants have a time and place and the Arctic ain't it. Points for the hat and fur lined boots but I cant stop thinking about the PANTS!

#critical role #critical role spoilers #cr #cr spoilers #the mighty nein #fjord #caleb widogast #caleb #beau #beauregard #beauregard lionett #veth #veth brenatto #jester #jester lavorre #caduceus clay #cr caduceus #yasha

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tick-fic-nick · 4 years ago

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Braids, Family, and Tickles

word count: 1784

Summary: No one in the mighty nein knew that Caduceus was ticklish until Jester made a little discovery. He finds out that a peaceful day can take quite the chaotic turn.

characters: (Caduceus, Jester, Beau, Fjord)

Warnings: (Tickling)

Caduceus was sitting alone on the floor in his room with the door open, in the Xorehouse. He had been meditating for an hour, when he heard someone (not so sneakily) enter his room. He opened one eye to look to see who had come in, though he was sure he already knew. He saw Jester sitting down a few feet away from him with her sketch book and regular paints.

He fully opened his eyes now and gave a small chuckle, "hello Jester." He sound happy to see her.

Jester looked up to meet his gaze with surprised

"Oh my gosh, im sorry Caduceus I didn't mean to disturb you, I just wanted to draw you but it was hard to get a good angle out there."

His posture had relaxed and he pushed his hair away from his face. "Its alright, do you need me to pose? Or should I just do what I was doing?"

She put a finger to her chin, in a show of contemplation, "Well, what if you were in a really silly pose?" She jokingly suggested " Like you could be doing a handstand or make a really funny face?"

Her suggestions made his features curl up into a smile "Well I havent done a handstand in many years. I dont think i could do one even if I tried," he brushed the hair away from his face again, "i dont know if I can make a silly face."

"Do you want to try?"

"Sure." He takes a second to think about the face he'll make before his eyes go crossed, brown furrows, face scrunched up, and he just barely sticks his tounge out. He turns to Jester "is this, uh, is this silly?"

Now the face that he makes isn't to terribly funny, but the way he executed it just makes Jester laugh, "hahaha thats a really good silly face Caduceus! But you don't have to keep that up, I can draw you how you normally are."

He had his face go back to normal, and then moved his hair out of his face again "Thats good, my mother always said that if you kept making a face that it would get stuck that way"

"Caduceus is your hair bothering you?"

He moved his hair again

"Oh, well. Its just been like this today, theres nothing I can really do about it."

"Well, why don't I help braid your hair? I used to help my Mama do her hair before her performances, I wouldn't mind helping get it out of your face for you." She already started putting her sketchbook to the side along with her paints.

"I guess I wouldn't mind, if your offering."

Jester sat up on the bed and had caduceus sit on the ground in front of her. She took his long mohawk in one hand and started to think about how she should go about doing this. She finally started to make a French braid. Weaving his hair, she could tell he was leaning into her just a little bit. Which he was.

"I always love my Mama doing this for me, do you like it?"

"Yeah, I'd say I do. It actually feels a little tickly."

"Tickly?" She laughed "like ants tickly? Or like this?" And she used her tail to lightly go over one of his ears. He twitched his ear and snorted, batting her tail away. "Caduceus! Stay still, I almost lost a hold of your braid!" She teased.

"I cant sit still if you tickle my ear" he deadpanned. Though there was a slight tinge of red to his cheeks, but Jester couldn't see it.

"Okay, okay!" She grinned, and continued her work. After a few more minutes she finished the braid and tied it off with a band she hand around her wrist. Hopping off the bed she stood in front of him, and looked at her hard work. "Oh my gosh, Caduceus, it looks great!"

"Does it really?" He stood up and looked at the mirror in his room and gave a laugh, "thats funny."

"Whats that?"

He looked down at her "I look like my sister." He chuckled again looking back into the mirror, not seeing Jester look of mischeif.

"You know caduceus." She walked closer to him "I dont think anyone even knew your were ticklish."

He froze for a second, before he turned to her and put his arm at her forehead. Impending her movement forward. "I have siblings Jester, I wouldn't do that if I were you."

Her goody smile turned into one of determination "well if you going to play that card, then im going to play my own!" She walked away from him and ran out the room and down the stairs.

It didn't quite click to him that she was getting reinforcements, so he picked up her sketchbook and paints of a nearby shelf.

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It was a little bit later, after dinner. Most of them were sitting in their living room except for Caleb and Veth who were working on a spell, and Yasha, who went to her balcony to listen to a nearby storm.

The rest were having a nice conversation and enjoying each others presence, Caduceus had put a pot tea on to start cooking and got up to get it when it was ready. When he got back he put the tea on the center table to cool off, and took his spot on the floor.

They were talking nonsense about a schrodingers skeleton, or something of the such, whatever it was, it was amusing.

Though the conversation was stopped when Caduceus snorted, and his arms came to protect his ear and neck. The culript of this reaction sitting next to him with a bright smile on her face.

Fjord looked up with amusement at him "Caduceus are you alright?"

He stammered, his face flushed "oh well, I--" he was cut off by Jester

"Oh, hes fine Fjord. He's just a little ticklish."

"Caduceus, your ticklish?" Beau looked up towards the tall firbolg, who has a wobbly nervous smile.

Jester answered for him again sitting a bit closer to him "his ears are, but I dont know about the rest of him." She reached out her hands but she got stopped again by his arm to her forehead.

He put up his other hand to the other two "yes I am ticklish, but if you tickle me I will get every single one of you back for it."

Fjord look towards to Beau, with a mischievous grin "Beau, did you hear that? I think he just threatened us? How rude"

"Yeah, its almost like he's asking for us to teach him some manners" she looks back towards Fjord playfully punching her fists into her palms.

"Oooohh Caduceus, your in so much trouble!" Jester wiggles her fingers towards him without getting any closer because of his arm. His flush spread to his ears and neck, he quickly turned away from her and looked at the others.

Though he panicked when he only saw fjord right in front of him. He tried to turn around to look behind him but he was pulled down onto the floor by Beau, who had stuck up behind him.

He looked up at the three who stood over him, which seemed to spark many memories of his childhood tickle fights with his siblings. Beau climbed up and sat right on his waist, making sure he can't move. Jester hopped over to his head and sat next to it, playing with the cloth near his shoulders and neck. Fjord sat near his knees and legs.

Beau looked down at him, mostly deadpanning, but he could sense some satisfaction when she said "its nothing personal, man. Think of it more like uh.. an initiation!"

Jester spoke up and leaned over his head, her face upside down from his angle "yeah, totally. Cause you always sit out our tickle fights caduceus."

Fjord peaked around from beau "its almost a right of passage." But caduceus could quiet see any of them. His hands rest on top of his rosy face.

He groaned, "please just get it over with, you guys are horri---EEe"

His request was cut off from a squeak that erupted from his mouth with died down into soft almost quiet giggles. His body shook and he squirmed at the tickly feeling getting poked and proded around his torso.

Jester followed Beau's lead and playfully jumped her fingers around his neck and ears. His giggling got audible with her contribution and the hands that were covering his face twitched and flung to her hands trying to catch them.

"Hehehehehe wahahahait! Dohohohont! Ahahaha hehelp"

Fjord voice popped up through the laughter "help? I think I can assist you, Caduceus."

"Nohoho!"

"Oh nonsense I'm happy to help. Do tell me though, is this a good spot?" His hands spidered around Caduceus' knees, even though there was he was wearing his normal baggy pants, it didn't seem to matter. His volume increased quite a bit. So did his squirming. His legs shook and wiggled, trying to get away from the tickling. "~I think it is~"

"Nohohohoho! Not thahahahat kihihihind of hehehehehelp!"

"How about this then" jesters voice said right before he felt one of his arms getting restrained by Jester. She then started to slowly poke and scratch down his restrained arm teasing the sensitive area. "Is this helping?"

He shook his head no and started whining clawing at her hand with his other arm, but no use "Not thehehehere Jehehehester"

"Why? Is it tooooo ticklish?" She attacked on the last word wiggling her fingers down into his hollowed pit.

His laughter started to boom, and go up an octave. Beau suddenly found it more difficult to stay straddled on her firbolg friend. And jester almost lost her hold on his arm.

"HAHAHA, STAHAHAP STAHAHAP. NOHOHOHO! UHUHUNCLE! UHUHUN HAHA"

Both fjord and beau stopped tickling and just watched jester slow down and unrestrained his arm. His laughter just stayed at giggling.

Beau got up off caduceus, and stood up looking down at the giggling, out of breath firbolg on the floor "hey man, you good?" She asked

His giggles had mostly subsided and one of his hands still covered his face. He looked at each of them. His wobbly smile turned into an amused smirk. "You all, are in such trouble"

Everyone gave amused somewhat concerned looks at each other while caduceus got up and walked towards the tea pot that he'd set down earlier. He picked it up with one hand and looked back to the three, slightly out of breath.

"Hey look, the teas ready"

#critical role #critical role s2 #the mighty nein #sfw tickles #tickle fic #tickle #ticklish caduceus #critical role tickles #jester cr #jester lavorre #caduceus clay #beauregard lionett #fjord stone #this took longer than expected #hope you enjoy #sfw

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maleficarum-and-mythal · 4 years ago

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Ok, a small part of me really wants to write a dragon age inquisition and critical role (campaign 2) crossover. Like there is so much potential:

Jester somehow befriends Solas because its Jester and if she can befriend a war criminal, a hag who cursed her friend, AND a chaotic archfey, she can honestly befriend anyone.

👏BLACKWALL👏AND FJORD👏BONDING

Beau not trusting Dorian as far as she can throw him until she finds out about his homophobic dad and he is allowed to join the Empire Siblings club™

Speaking of Empire Siblings, Caleb and Dorian bonding over magic. Also you cant convince me Dorian wouldn't love Frumpkin.

Caduceus and Iron Bull complaining about short doorways. Tall cow man solidarity.

Jester pestering Varric about his nicknames for people. He calls her Blueberry.

Veth adopts Krem. Thats it.

Also Veth "Is There a Mrs. Sunbreaker" Brenatto meeting the Iron Bull. Like shes a married woman and she knows better, but oh boy would she have a huge crush on him.

Caduceus offering Solas some wisdom and good tea, both of which Solas turns down.

Cullen is subjected to Jester's constant and unpredictable messages.

Yasha and Bull getting into a friendly brawl to impress Dorian and Beau

Cole takes a look a Calebs trauma and just.... the angst

Cole and Caduceus getting along really well and being the two weirdos vibing; talking about life and death.

Sera and Jester pulling the best fricken pranks in Exandria and Thedas.

JESTER AND VIVIENNE SHOPPING TRIP

Caleb taking an interest in Fade magic, and probably trading spells and magical knowledge with Solas.

Speaking of magic knowledge, Caleb shows Solas Widogast's Nascent Neinsided Tower

Cassandra and Jester swapping book reccomendations; aka Jester reads Swords and Shields and Cassandra reads Tusk Love

Fjord training with Iron Bull. And also Fjord telling the story of the Nightmare in Ivory (an ancient white dragon) hunting them across Exandria and how they almost killed it.

Jester wingmanning for Dorian and Iron Bull.

Ok but hear me out on this one: The Dread Wolf and the Somnovum being connected somehow. I mean, Aeyor and Elvhenan do have somewhat similar history.

Of course Lucien shows up to wreak havoc at some point and Sera, probably not even knowing that most of Luciens power come from his magic eye tattoos, just shoots him with an arrow in the face. Can't counterspell an arrow.

Also on opposite end of things, the Mighty Nein turn Corypheus into a turtle. He may be an all powerful darkspawn magister, but you cant argue with a failed wisdom save :\ It obviously only lasts for a little while, but it would still be kind of funny.

#dragon age inquisition #critical role #da:i #cr campaign 2 #crossover au

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cadaceus · 4 years ago

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C2E125

Happy Thursday everyone, and welcome to the official collection of “Emma’s chaotic liveblogs” for Campaign 2, Episode 125 of Critical Role! This was such a fun episode and it was so great to see so many familiar faces, even if this episode went an entirely different direction than I was actually expecting! I am once again apologizing for my excessively long liveblogging, and please be wary of spoilers since many of them abound here!

- Yasha, who has been mind controlled 700 times: “I’ll hold the Halas gem, nothing will happen to me guys :)”

- Matt, please give us the “Yussa was a gold dragon all along” reveal, it’s what we deserve!!

- FJORD AND HIS RING OF FIRE PROTECTION NOOOO SDFGHJKD

- I’m so nervous about Caleb talking to Halas oh god..... Chewie I have a bad feeling about this

- “I have requests” Yeah I’m sure you do Buddy

- I’m so nervous about this whole conversation........ I want answers but GOD AT WHAT COST

- TWO NATURAL 20S OH MY GOD DHJKDJSK

- Did the Somnovum want to be gods.... and seek help from Tharizdun to do so? insert [I connected the dots] meme

- Wait.... the gods killed all of Aeor’s citizens?!?! This is so ominous help

- WISDOM SAVING THROW NO

- My friend just galaxy brained and said that maybe the Somnovum made the Beacons.....

- OKAY WHAT IF THE LUXON WAS ON AEOR AND IT SHATTERED INTO ALL THE DIFFERENT BEACONS WHEN AEOR WENT DOWN

- “To an almost impossible angle....” DRAGON YUSSA DRAGON YUSSA

- S..... saving throw??

- So the Threshold Crest is in a forest outside of the city somewhere.... thats better than Eiselcross at least?

- GO SEE ALLURA AND HER WIFE PLEAS FGHJDKL/FDHJ

- I’ve not even seen (much of) Campaign 1 but I’m shaking I’m so excited

- SEEING KIMA IS SO GOOD I HAVE MET HER IN CAMPAIGN 1 ALREADY AAAHH

- “This is an ancient and powerful weapon, it’s very rare” “And Fjord got one?!” Veth please lmaoooooo

- ANOTHER Natural 20 how is that possible?!?! The Nat 20 poop check is still the most iconic though

- “If they go into the Astral Sea, will you pursue?” That is uhhhhh a good question

- Kima giving Yasha her sword!!!!

- “Stay with me” the way I’m already in love with the Kimallura relationship and I haven’t even met them together CR1 yet

- Veth asking Allura to teach her a spell is so wholesome omg I love this

- Veth comparing herself and Caleb to Allura and Kima..... I am having thoughts everyone, and they are emotional thoughts

- As someone who grew up without a mother, it pains me that Veth didn’t get to go visit Luc 😭 (NOT saying she is a bad mother, so please don’t come here saying she’s a bad mother. It just makes me sadddd that thats the way life goes sometimes)

- ZEENOTH????

- BEAU BACKSTORY BEAU BACKSTORY YGHJ.KDL I CANT BELIEVE IT WAS ZEENOTH THIS WHOLE TIME OH MY GOD.....

- This is gonna make me cry .... 😭 😭

- I want Beau to be High Curator someday.... I know it will never happen, but wow

- Ludinus and Trent are nervous?? *eyes emoji* do they think that Essek is gonna oust them?

- “Do you know the feeling where you didn’t know something was wrong, until someone told you, and you’ve just been living with it this whole time?” Beauuu my love

- I LOVE DAIRON SO MUCH I MISSED THEM SO MUCH

- 87 HIT POINTS !!!!! CALEB NO

- Fjord giving Jester a ring...... awee

- SAM REROLLING THE NATURAL ONE ON THE DAGGER HELP

- BEAUYASHAA DATE IM LITERALLY SO EXCITED HELLO LETS GO LESBIANS LETS GO

- What is Beau planning for the Beauyasha date LMAO MARISHA RAY

- If Caduceus’s family is hurt I will fight someone..... this better be a happy dream

- FLESH CITY??/? Someone explain this to me my brain isn’t big enough and I’m nervous

- YASHA !!! a dream double whammy!

- Are we gonna get a Yasha Paladin arc??

- “You’ve found your strength, Yasha. Now you must learn to use it. You are not an implement of others; you’ve broken those chains. You are an avatar of the Storm Lord.” Literally all the tears this episode 😭 😭

- Whoever just said Kaladin Stormblessed in the chat, I owe you my life

- OH GOD THE EYE DREAMS ARE BACK

- Oh yeah they are gonna wake up with two eyes each for sure.......

- Wow, this was a fun episode! We got to see so many beloved NPCs, and that Beau lore drop/the tying up of that loose end was so sweet to see. I can’t wait for the Beauyasha date next episode as well (and maybe even seeing more of the Dynasty, and possibly Yeza and Luc!) Love you guys and see you all next Thursday!

#critical role #cr spoilers #c2e125 #critical role spoilers #just to make extra sure that people can steer clear i'm tagging both dfgdhjkfl #my liveblogs #cr2 #i'm so excited for next week!!! beauyasha date beauyasha date beauyasha date!!!#good night everyone <333

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salamanderskin · 5 years ago

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Respite

Still on the CR kick with no sign of easing. Just a sick Fjord feeling sorry for himself and then feeling guilty about it. Caduceus gives him such much-needed softness. Set during episode 92 no spoilers I think. Kind of a follow up to this because stifles give me life.

The mood in the group is strange when the Mighty Nein ride out from Zadash.

Fjord loves them all but his head aches just trying to keep track of the aims and worries and triumphs that bind their little group; he can read the tension rising from Beau like steam, Jester beside her with a combination of concern and bubbling joy at her new found father. Then there’s Caleb and Nott and Yasha and then there’s Caduceus. He feels like he needs a whole extra brain to think about Caduceus with and maybe a whole extra heart to hold the bond that has grown between them in the past few weeks.

His head really does ache, though. His throat feels hot and dry, with a lancing pain when he swallows, and he can’t stop sniffling every five minutes. His mood darkens in sync with the clouds that thicken on the horizon. He would give a lot to be safely back in the Xorhaus, meditating in the magical sunlight of Caduceus’s garden, rather than pounding across these monotonous grasslands on horseback.

He feels small and selfish just thinking about it. They are in the midst of trying to stop a war and chasing resolution for dear friends trapped by years of trauma. One of their group was possessed until, like, last week, others have been or are about to be reintroduced to their respective abusers. And Fjord has a cold.

He still feels shitty, though.

He is distracted from this minor complaint when the party finally find a place to stop. The gentle, grassy slopes offer no cover, but they could see anything coming a mile away. For example, they soon spot someone else’s campfire a little way away. Nott and Jester leap to investigate. He lets them go. If they need backup they’ll yell. Loudly. Let them do the legwork while he sits down.

That leaves the other three to set a fire while Caleb conjures the tiny magical hut which is their home away from home. Fjord can’t seem to get warm. He inches closer to the fire until the smoke irritates his eyes and rubs at his arms with his palms to try to gather some heat. The itchiness in his nose has grown intense and distracting- he hovers a hand near his face to scrub at it but the irritation with neither leave nor crest into a relieving sneeze. His throat burns and he feels overall miserable. “Hey, are you ok? You look… I don’t know… you look frustrated.”

That’s one word for it. He doesn’t want Caduceus to worry, but he also knows the Firbolg can see right through him so he explains, “Remember how you said I might be getting sick?”

“Oh dear,” Caduceus’ mouth twists in sympathy.

“Nothing serious, I promise you. I’m just-” Fjord sniffles in demonstration, demonstrating how he can hardly breathe through his nose. He regrets it immediately when it makes him cough.

“Can I come check you over?” Caduceus approaches, gaze soft and concerned.

“There’s really no need, I’m sure it’s just a cold.”

Caduceus raises an eyebrow. “What if I want to be sure? I don’t want you to feel badly.”

“Well then, I’ll humour you.”

Fjord doesn’t expect the contact needed for the diagnosis to come in the form of a kiss to the forehead, but it’s very lovely. The magic feels like a little trickle of warmth, though perhaps that’s just the butterflies he always gets when they make contact.

“Okay.” Caduceus says, drawing back. “I don’t think a healing spell will do much, but I’ll put something for the congestion in some tea, alright?”

“Sounds good. Thank you.”

The dark has truly drawn in now. The sky has clouded and there are no stars. A little wind ruffles the long grasses, makes the campfire leap and the smoke veer from side to side so that there is no getting away from it. After their time in the city is strange to be somewhere so open. No buildings, no mountains, no break in the horizon. The sky arcs above them like a great upturned basin, thick with clotting clouds.

It would be peaceful if it wasn’t for how the cold makes Fjord’s nose drip and his head ache. He feels thoroughly sorry for himself and then immediately feels childish for it. He has been getting soft from all the city living. He presses the sides of his nose again, trying to push into his sinuses and ease the dull pain there.

Caduceus returns just as he is blowing his nose, passes a cup of tea to Caleb, then to Yasha then approaches with one for Fjord. “Here you are. Drink it while it’s hot.”

The firbolg looks lovely in the firelight, Fjord thinks. The warmth touches his ashy gray to a warm dove-colour and when he turns his head, the clean lines of his cheeks and brow stand out like a statue of some forest god. Caduceus has added a knitted shawl over his shoulders but he doesn’t seem cold at all. Fjord envies him that. It must be the fur. He sees Caduceus turn to sit on a stump on the other side and quickly moves up to make space beside himself.

“Want me to sit beside you?” Caduceus asks.

“Yes please.” Fjord says. He wants more, of course, so much more than that, but that is a good start. His friend’s body settles beside his and he feels his mood lift even as he shivers. Their thighs press together and he leans in to the comforting warmth of the firbolg’s flank. Caduceus has some height on him, which makes it wonderfully easy to lean his head into his shoulder.

Before Fjord can protest, Caduceus removes his shawl from his shoulders and spreads it over both their laps. Fjord gives a little hum of thanks, lets his eyes drift closed in the sudden, soothing warmth of it.

Fjord could probably fall asleep here. He almost does, if it wasn’t for how badly he needs to sneeze. He manages to cup his hands over his face, though he doesn’t need to, really; there isn’t any sound to it, just a ferocious bob of his head and a whole-body shudder. He scrunches his nose and clenches his eyes shut to try to fight the tickle, then flinches into another repressed “hh- mmkx!!!” He breathes out a “uuugh” of a groan at how stuffy he feels afterwards.

“Was that a sneeze?” Caduceus turns to look at him with an expression he can’t quite read.

“Y-up- hknt!” Fjord nods, forefinger jammed up under his nose, sneezes again. It makes his head throb. “--hhnxxt!”

“Oh! Bless you, then.”

“Thadks.” His voice comes out thick and wrecked. “Guhh… ’scuse me.”

It’s almost worth it for how Caduceus draws him closer and rubs his back.

They are startled from the embrace by a shout and a blur of blue as Jester sprints toward them out of the dark and then away again, calling for Nott.

Fjord raises his head, peers out into the night and strains his ears for sounds of a struggle. Across the other side of the fire, the others are on equally high alert; Yasha drawn to her full height, Beau with her night-vision goggles, Caleb’s gaze gone vague as he sees through the eyes of his familiar.

“Do you think we should-?” Caduceus begins.

“They... seem to have a handle on the situation.” Caleb gives with a wry smile and everyone relaxes. If Caleb hasn’t launched himself protectively after the little goblin then they must be safe enough.

Fjord laughs too, as he wonders what shenanigans the two most chaotic members of the nein had got up to out there in the dark. It turns into a fit of coughing that blossoms in his throat and won’t stop until Yasha has passed him her water skin.

“Better not, think I’m coming down with something.” He manages with the scraps of breath he can grab. “I’ll risk it,” Yasha’s voice is steady and sweet as ever, so he drinks. It does help, and it helps even more when she reaches to give him a hug from one side. “I hope you feel better soon, Fjord.”

When Nott and Jester finally return it is with laughter on their lips and not a slip of regret for running into an enemy camp in the middle of the night.

Once he might have rolled his eyes at their celebration of escaping trouble they could have easily avoided, then seethed with a gut full of worry that one day they might not come out clean, snapped at Nott and brushed off Jester’s affectionate advances. These days he feels calmer, more trusting, able to accept things as they come. Some of it is a gift from the Wildmother, the same deep faith which Caduceus glows with. Some of it is Caduceus himself. His very presence makes Fjord feel lighter.

He watches the Firbolg lean over the fire, lit like a stained-glass window as he conjures a bowl of stew seemingly from nowhere.

He sits beside the fire and listens to his teammates recount their chaotic adventures with a sense of calm in his belly and Caduceus’ shawl over his knees. He pinches his nose hard and groans, trying to stave off sneezes but now then a few still escape.

He shudders into his fist, with no more sound than a “-hh'nkt” of suppressed force,

They’re as quiet as he can make them, but Caleb’s head perks up all the same, brows canted in his familiar expression of mild concern. “Gesundheit.”

“Looking a little green there, buddy.” Nott adds.

“Oh no, Fjord, are you sick?” Jester’s head snaps round in interest.

“Just a sniffle.” He shrugs. He’s not the one who should be the centre of attention tonight. Beau and Nott are.

Thank the Wildmother, Caduceus Clay’s deep, steady voice distracts them from making a scene, “He’s fine. Jester, tell me how you met those bandits before?”

Once again Fjord admires Caduceus’ mild diplomacy. The light conversation is exactly what they need to keep their minds from the path ahead. Beau in particular has expressed she won’t be talking about her traumas to the group in general,while Nott doesn’t seem to know what she wants right now.

Fjord himself is deeply grateful because he has to sneeze again and this time it escapes him as an orcish “hhuhh--’TSSSHHHuu!” He groans and swears as he blows his nose afterwards. Caduceus’ arm is there for him to lean into when he shivers despite the fire.

“I think you should go to bed,” Caduceus says softly.

Luckily the rest of the Nein are of the same mind, so Caleb conjures the magical dome they use as a shelter. It’s warmish inside and warmer still when their bodies pile in next to each other. They take their familiar places; Yasha takes first watch, Beau and Jester are spooning while Nott curls at Caleb’s feet like a gnarly green cat. Fjord and Caduceus lie beside each other, as always. At some point on their travels, the foot of space between their sleeping bodies became an inch, became Fjord with his head pillowed Caduceus’ chest or their fingers intertwined. No one in the Mighty Nein has even teased them about it. Yet. That is a blessing Fjord will enjoy for as long as he can.

It’s almost pitch-black inside the hut. Fjord can hear the others of the Nein breathing and shifting in their close proximity. He wants to sleep but his head feels stuffed and thick. Breathing through his mouth is making his throat dry but he can’t get enough air any other way. In frustration he pinches and knuckles at his nose, wiggling it in hope of easing the deep-seated itch. It doesn’t help.

Instead he feels his breath coming in shallow pants, makes an involuntary “ghhh” of a groan at how congested he feels. He manages to sneeze into his fist without more than a shudder of his head but then there’s another and another in a slow, exhausting fit with plenty of time for miserable sniffles in between.

He is hovering between one “ hh'nkt” and the next when he feels a tender arm on his shoulder as Caduceus scoots up closer to him. He rolls over obligingly until his head is cradled against the firbolg’s shoulder. In a moment their blankets are settled over both of them, welcoming him into a pool of shared body heat that makes him sigh in satisfaction.

It’s still recent enough to be novel, this sleeping together, still sends a flutter of joy through him that Caduceus is his now. They haven’t talked about what it means exactly, but he’s so glad of it, especially when he feels like this.

The moment is interrupted by a stinging itch in his nose and all he can do is buck his head and stifle a sneeze into Caduceus’ chest. His partner doesn’t flinch, just holds him tighter and lets it happen. “Bless you sweetheart. Are you done?”

He nods, then shakes his head and desperately crushes his nose into his fist for a hard double “--mmkx!--’nkt!”--- Repressing it makes his head spin. He relaxes again with a heavy sigh and turns to wipe his nose. He’s too congested for it to be messy, thank goodness. It feels like all the gunk is just stuck up in his head. At least he’s not noisy enough to wake the others.

“Poor thing. Feeling worse?” Caduceus notices. His bass voice is so low it is barely a rumble in his chest. Fjord thinks he feels the vibration rather than hears it.

“...yeah…” He admits.

“Such bad timing…” Caduceus sighs softly. “If we were back in the house, I have a very good soup recipe for this kind of thing. The hot tub would be good for you too. I could take care of you a little.”

Fjord snuffles thickly and sighs. That does sound good.

“Will you two SHUT UP!?”

That sounds less good. That would be Beauregard.

She has reason to be tense, which is why Fjord merely grunts “Sorry!” instead of snapping back. Her complaint is backed up by some light grumbling from Nott and by Caleb clearing his throat in a way that makes it clear he is also awake. Despite the safety of their position, it seems nobody is sleeping well tonight.

Fjord may as well try, though. He’s going to be groggy enough in the morning as it is and he wants a clear head for the confrontation with Beau’s family. Well, a metaphorical one at least.

He rolls over and closes his eyes, trying to will his mind away from his burning throat and the compulsive deserve to keep swallowing against it. He tries to reach for the place Caduceus has shown him in meditation; a lulled state where his body of least possible concern. It’s hard without his breathing as a reliable guide but he is beginning to manage it when he feels Caduceus tuck into the space behind him. A seven-foot tall firbolg makes a luxurious big spoon. It makes Fjord huff a laugh, which makes him cough.

Caduceus cuddles against him, bringing blessed warmth along with comfort. Long arms reach around to smooth his hair and linger on his forehead, rubbing right at the root of Fjord’s headache without even having to ask. It feels really good.

In the darkness of the dome he hears the heavier breathing that means Beauregard has fallen asleep. Jester turns over and makes an undeniably cute sound. Beneath Caduceus’ loving touch he feels the fatigue wash over him, pulling him down into sleep.

From the very cusp of consciousness, he senses Caleb rise and tiptoe to sit at the doorway beside Yasha, but feels no tug of concern. Let the two light sleepers keep each other company. He has everything he needs right here.

Fjord falls asleep to the sound of a gentle rain beginning to fall. He doesn’t dream of angry Gods. He doesn’t dream of anything at all.

#salamanderskin's fic #sickfic #hurt/comfort #teahaw

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readbythestarlight · 5 years ago

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c2e98

I’m a few days behind but here we go

Ashley xD

"A CAPELLA?!"

I hope Marion didn’t get anxious when she realized the M9 left her at the party

E: "I know I can protect myself. I don’t think I can protect all of you. That is why I am worried." </3

C: "Make no mistake, we do not trust you."

E: "Good, that will help you survive."

C: "That doesn’t mean we don’t hope for you. It’s a tricky balance, Essek."

E: "Isn’t everything?"

[[MORE]]

I feel like given the histories of some of the others (and the way members of their group have casually committed murder on several occasions) Beau is being a liiiiiittle judgemental

I mean I get it

Ohhhh got some inner group conflict!

Cad doesn’t want to risk reigniting the war just for revenge, Nott and Beau and Caleb at least don’t agree. Could be interesting.

Mmm idk Veth, Yeza doesn’t really seem like the vengeance type

"You don’t want to punish the people who made you, you want to make sure no one makes [another] you. Remember that." Goddamn Caduceus.

lol the hat™️

"Everyone was so enthralled."

"....Yeah ;)"

I adore Marion

Fjord is such a sweetheart

This Fjord Jester banter is amazing I love them

Last week Fjord third wheeled on. BeauYahsa date, and now he gets to go on a dinner date with Jester. Nice.

I feel like their tone towards Essek has shifted a bit since last week. For Caleb to say now that his redemption seems unlikely? That was NOT the vibe I was getting before.

"Use the man" see and I don’t quite like that either?

Also it’s weird that Nott went from "welcome to the mighty nein" to "he’s a bad person who I don’t trust and who can’t be forgiven" (not her exact words but the vibe I’m getting)

Maybe I’m just too fond of Essek

And like I’m 100% here for a long journey to redemption where he has to take steps and do so much

But I’m not down for this idea of "I don’t think he can even do it"

And I appreciate that Caduceus and somewhat Caleb and somewhat Jester and somewhat Fjord are in support of his having a chance

But Veth and Beau are being a liiiiittle harsh considering their own track records for moral choices, considering Nott was willing to consider continuing the war and, again, they’ve frequently killed people with no reason

B: "you have a great sense of branding, Caleb."

C: "do I really? I am not using my actual name."

New tarot cards:

The jewel and the thief NICE

the spark and the blaze

Death and dawn

Damn Laura those are amazing

Cad talking to every animal ever is amazing

A ~mystery case for 500gp

I love this shopkeeper

Her: "it helps me maintain my gardens"

Cad: O_O

Of course THAT’S what he wants

Oh no he’s so bad with money

CAD

THAT’S 200gp FOR A PLANT NECKLACE

He DYES his hair?? I THOUGHT HIS HAIR WAS NATURALLY PINK

Omg Cad

You can really tell he’s a prankster at heart these days

WOAH this fan is COOL

Beau’s AtlA vibes keep getting stronger and stronger

A box oh boy

Fjord, Mr. Curious, is never NOT going to give you permission to open a thing

Omg Jester talking about her feelings about the Traveler FINALLY

Girl craft time is now feeling time

Fjord as acting captain is the best

It’s nice of Caleb to go and compliment everyone and also to make sure that Fjord knows they notice the changes he’s made too

Which I think Fjord needs to hear

Like he’s so background now, just trying to take care of them

And I love when they decide to make sure he knows they notice how he’s changed and how much happier he is and how good he is overall

Oh dang we getting some good Fjord feels now

Those good Caleb and Fjord feels

I’ve missed their talks so much

I love my half orc son

Ouch now some Caleb feels

MY! BOYS! MY FEELS!

godDAMN I have missed when they talk.

Fjord and Caleb are always going to be such a special pair to me and that’s never gonna change

Fjord pouring his tea off the side is my favorite xD

"Saffron and mushrooms" ew

Also the way Fjord wants to please them all over the little things (the hat, the tea) is so endearing

Gonna be real though being on the ocean again for the first time properly since Fjord changed allegences makes me nervous. U’kotoa is def gonna somehow become involved.

Oooo storm a’comin’!

I’m so far behind but here we go finally catching up

Okay well I’m not worried about Ashley/Yasha leaving which means I can enjoy this visit from the Storm Lord

Also holy shit Matt the lightning??

“Prove”?

OUCH baby girl!!

FEATHERS

YOU GO BABY GIRL!!

“You are worthy, both of my guidance and of your own acceptance. This path before you is long, and I won’t let you stray.”

MY EMOTIONS

Storm Lord: “love your friends! Love yourself!”

Oh fuck Fjord’s turn

No FUCK the falchion is back

WHAT

FJORD

BABY

WHO

WHO IS IT

fuck

Oh fuck someone else has the falchion

AVANTIKA??

OH MY GOD

ITS GONNA BE HER ISNT IT??

What is it???????

HE’S ALL BY HIMSELF

I KNEW something was gonna happen to Fjord with them back on the ocean

Fuck fuck fuck

Oh thank god Orli

Fuckity fuck fuck

Oh fuuuuuck someone get to Fjord

Be safe Orli!!

ORLI

I’m concerned about the cleric spell usage...

Fuck fuck fuck FJORD fuck

FUDUDJDKDLCK

HE’S DOWN

They’re not going to stop until they get what they want from Fjord are they...

But Matt if he hadn’t moved past Yasha he wouldn’t have been grappled in the first place

Oh Fjord...

Fuck

Oh thank god

I mean I’ve seen spoilery art I know what’s coming but still somehow I’m tense

Cad and his beetles are KILLING it

I don’t really know how this works out but if he’s perma-dead I may have to take a break

Idk I know it’s just fiction but I can’t handle this

MATTHEW

YOU CANT KILL ORLI TOO

FUCK YOU

I’m gonna cry about Fjord and Orli both

This isn’t fair or funny

Taliesin is SHAKING

I just almost had a heart attack thinking they would take Fjord

Thank god for counterspell

Fuck Ashley you badass!!

Oh Fjord tho...

And Orli...

God okay so I was under the impression that Fjord was 100% dead and the clerics had no spells left, but nobody seems that worried so I feel much better.

If they can’t bring Fjord AND Orli back tho I will cry

On to episode 99...

#critical role #cr spoilers #emi watches critical role

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elsinore-rose · 5 years ago

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betaadmin replied to your post: caleb could’ve responded to the scourger’s attack...

…..i mean….you cant cast spells in the dungeon,,,,,,

1. jester and caduceus healed caleb in the dungeon didn’t they?

2. i don’t care the poetic symbolism is still there man

#betaadmin

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fivegoldpieces · 5 years ago

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okay let’s get this late liveblog post started

marisha and travis wearing those glasses while sitting right next to each other is honestly killing me right now please im so weak

what is this ad oh my god

SAD SANDPAPER

how the hell do they have time to do this im

LAURA BURSTING OUT LAUGHING AND MATT’S PERPLEXED FACE IS ME EVERY WEEK

HAPPY PRIDE HELL YEAH HELL YEAH

JESTER DISGUISING HERSELF AS A LEAF I LOVE HER SO GD MUCH

LEAF COSTUME IM LOSING MY MIND

rotting meat fjord, i don’t know how much that will help but okay

“can i like swim back to the tree” MARISHA THAT’S WHAT YOU SAID LAST CAMPAIGN TOO AND IT DIDN’T WORK

JESTER COULD HAVE GONE INVISIBLE IM FUCKNSKFL CRYING

Beau: “Everyone is fucking bailing on me, and I ain’t got shit”

Jester: “I’m a leaf! I’m a leaf but I’m still with you”

THE WAY IM FUCKING HOLLERING RIGHT NOW OH MY GODDD I LOVE. THEM!

MARISHA MIMING BEAU REACHING OUT TO JESTER IM AJLKDJALSJFSADF

beaujester held hands i am perFecTLY FINE this is FINE IM FINE this is okay im good im good imajfdklasjdfasjkfk HANDS

Fjord is a bottom Confirmed

DIMENSION DOOR IS BEAUJESTER SHIPPERS FRIEND

UGH THAT POLYMORPH COULDVE BEEN SO GOOD

FJORD RIDING THE ROC LIKE VM DID I THINK

YES JESTER POLYMORPH BUT ALSO OH NO FJORD

the image of 6ft caduceus holding onto an eagle is fuckn amazing

i have to say the sound of matt shaking the dice as fjord falls sounds ominous as fuck

YAY FJORD IS STILL ALIVE

caduceus talking to fjord on the ground reminds me of the skyrim scene for some reason

can beau saying “i follow jester” be a thing

jester saying sorry to fjord 😭

KEEP THE BAT AWAY DON’T TOUCH IT JUST PUT IT IN THE BAG OF HOLDING

beau and caleb going to the nest to get loot together hell yeah

AWW BABY ROC

BEAU TRYING TO SCRITCH THE BABY ROC LMFAOO

THE BALL BEARINGS RETURN LMFAO

oh damn that’s a lot of gold in a nest

beau getting the silk clothes for jester

“c’mon man get back in the cloak”

beau arguing with caleb as an eagle fucking sends

LMFAO LAURA HIT THE MIC

OH SHIT POLYMORPH DROPPED

omg bless that one spell slot

damn jester really loves using command

this tense atmosphere with the roc omfg

HUT COMPLETED

im not saying beau is married to jester now because of the rings but she definitely is

LMAO THE BOX IS TRAPPED THE ONE TIME NOTT DOESN’T CHECK FOR TRAPS

FIREBALL TRAP NOTT WHAT THE FUCK

nott is drunk i can tell

omg jester trying to snatch the flask and putting it into the haversack

beau proposed to yasha with that ring omg rights for beauyasha shippers

IM SORRY BUT MARISHA ACCIDENTALLY FUCKING WITH LIAM’S INJURED SHOULDER AS BEAU SENDS

LMFAO JESTER TRYING TO WINGMAN

omg beau and yasha are married ugh wlw rights

AH FUCK ORCS

HELL YEAH FIREBALL

i wonder how fjord feels about the orcs they’re fighting

FUCKING HELLO BEES GOD I LOVE JESTER

marisha really works those sunglasses ugh someone draw beau in them

their true rivals are toya and the roc

awww poor jester is exhausted

LET’S GO BAZOZZAN

i don’t trust that tower at all

o fuck it’s a xhorhasian hupperdook but without the fun civilians

persuasion checks scare the crap out of me ngl

“be quiet, do your work, and leave” honestly applies to a lot of places

beau, to jester: “you were pretty awesome actually”

me: fucking dead on the ground because of these two blue gfs

omg pls the leaf costume

things escape from the tower? a prison?

oh fuck temples to betrayer gods

DOORWAYS TO THE ABYSS??

this is some grey warden darkspawn shit omg

THE FUCKING DANCE MOVES

JESTER SMART TIEF LOVE HER

oh fuck THE ABYSS?? DEMONS

OH HELL OH HOW FUN

marion read jester a book about demons as a child lmfao

oh god what’s jester gonna do to that sign

bless on beau and fjord and jester ugh i love my og trio crumbs

ARE YOU STILL IN YOUR LEAF COSTUME

the traveler’s voice being described as disembodied honestly creeps me out

oban wan kenobi

omfg what is up with that incense lmao

oh the joys of haggling i cant do that lol

HOW MUCH MONEY DOES CAD HAVE

SHARE BEDS PLEASE

FLASK IS GONE AND NOTT IS FREAKING

omg not at nott thinking yasha did it

ok but nott and her alcoholism is gonna be the new spice

nott possibly fusing with frumpkin sends

i love cats ah

FJORD OPENING UP LET’S GO LET’S GO

let fjord and caduceus be goddess buddies

praying to the wildmother is literally a way to deal with anxiety attacks

fjord’s fixation on the fact that the dream with the wildmother felt good says a lot

SHUT UP HE’S ANXIOUS TO FEEL THAT GOOD AGAIN IM GONNA FUCKING SOB

mountain with no snow in front of a salt flat? oh my

god i fuckn love fjord and caduceus talking

it’s the fuckn ocean im gonna fucking cry im

HE GOES TO SLEEP VERY WELL THAT NIGHT IM LITERALLY GONNA SOB

omg let’s go three wlws bc bi/closeted lesbian jester is Real and no one can take that away from me

jester trying to wingman so hard lmfao

LMFAO YASHA STANDING OVER THEM

WAKEY

THE SCRY FAILED UGH

jester saying “that’s what i’m here for” rings a bell in my mind but i don’t know what exactly - something about her view of her worth in the group which would be interesting to explore

omg nott about to confront yasha

and fjord now oh and caduceus

TRAVIS JUST ENDED SAM’S CAREER HOLY FUCK

oh boy cold turkey is not gonna be fun

ANGRY YASHA OMFG

omg m9 please don’t enable the alcoholism

45 GOLD FOR FIRE WHISKEY OMG

maybe use that bottle to wean her off

everyone calls jester jessie now ugh thank you nott for starting it and beau for always using it

god i love brjeaus so much

SECRET TUNNELLLLL SECRET TUNNELLLLLL THROUGH THE MOUNTAINSSSSSS

lmfao fjord tryna be buff

oh god what is this sending gonna sound like

WHAT IF I JUST GO DDU DU DDU DU DDU DDU DDU

IM FUKVMKSNF LLOSING IT NO SHE DID IT IMF FJA

how is she supposed to look for the hidden entrance if it’s hidden

oh god they’re gonna go down the tunnel aren’t they

the way travis and marisha burst into song fuckn nerds

no plans we die like adventurers

YASHA HONEY YOU ARE NOT A FREAK

i can be a freak i can i can be a freak every day of every week

o fuck yea goggles are cool

SHE’S UNDERAGE LMFAOO

holy fuck 25 gold BUT HE DOES IT ANYWAY

fjord just one black coffee-ed nott lmfao

huh nothing for locate creature but locate object worked

FUCK YEAH CELESTIAL BUDS

uh “until the world ends”?? that does not sound good

FJORD JUST GOES IN DUDE

oban is floating i know

JESTER HOLDING YASHA’S HANDS

SHFSFIA THE FUKD FK AF JESTER TELLING YASHA THE M9 IS BEHIND HER AND WILL SUPPORT HER

WE CAN BE YOUR NEW ONE

hol on i need several moments

WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH YASHA NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS

FUCKJFKSJFDAKJDF MY FUCKNS TEARS

oh? an idea?

ROCK HARP LMFAO

the way yasha prays to the stormlord is kind of endearing in a way to me

ashley is so nervous omg like travis was

TWO MILES???? THAT’S SO MUCH WALKING

this tunnel mad creepy i don’t like this

okay but i wonder if that tunnel collapsed because of someone

beau and jester keeping track of the wall ugh my crumb

MM I DON’T TRUST OBELISKS

OOOH SYMBOLS ON PAPER

omfg fjord you can’t just eldritch blast in a tunnel that’s had a cave in before just shake him

oh it’s abyssal? defaced by celestial creatures?

UH UH THAT SOUNDS FOREBODING

god they’re such musical nerds

oh boy they’re sending nott in i hope she doesn’t get hurt

angel sculptures?

UM WEEPING ANGELS NO THANKS

THEY’RE CRYING BLOOD? NOPE GET OUT GET OUT

NOTT NO OMFG

ugh cats should have darkvisio

oh my god this is so creepy it’s like 4am matthew please

BROKEN SWORD??

THEY’RE GOING IN FUCK

LMFAO NOTT SEARCHING YASHA’S POCKETS

this place is so gd creepy matt please end it oh my god

the music is not helping at all

TWO DAYS OLD?? UH NOPE NOPE NOPE

THIS SOME SACRIFICIAL SHIT

NUH UH THIS IS REMINDING ME OF THE WHITESTONE ARC AND ZIGGURATS FUCK THIS OMFG

DON’T FUCKING PULL THE SKELETON FJORD JFC

oh god the fact that the statues were sitting is even creepier

i really don’t like this omg it’s so creepy

DOES NO ONE HAVE DETECT GOOD AND EVIL

AH FUCK THE STATUES ARE MAGICAL TOO

oh god she touched it

oh god they both touched it

oh i really do not like this omfg

what if someone dragged a body in oh god this is terrifying

IT’S MUSIC

WAIT DOESN’T CELESTIAL SOUND LIKE SINGING

METAL HARP LMFAO

break one open lol

UH SHE’S STANDING IN FRONT OF THE DOOR H

oh geez they really are gonna go in

earthy rotten sulfuric smell does not sound good at all

“you guys know what to do” oh boy

oh three yashas are a dream

WELL HELL LMFAO

closing it off with yasha as annie amazing

UGH CAN’T WAIT FOR NEXT WEEK

#cr spoilers #what an episode #also I swear this had a read more #mobile won't show it I'm so sorry

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circusglass · 6 years ago

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♆ (from a wizard who sometimes is impulsive)

kisses n’ shit ( closed ): @feralandfair, dryad verse.

“We’ll have to go back to the Menagerie Coast. For my sake,” Molly says with false authority, gently rolling the stemless wine glass in his hand. It’s ridiculously fancy, with pretty, meaningless swirls etched along its belly. He watches the legs weep down the sides with a tilted head.

“Ja. Perhaps our next mission will take us there.”

Caleb keeps his voice pitched low, just above the crackle of the flame, and it’s pleasant. Wine warm, heath warm, late night warm, Molly’s not sure, but he likes listening to the hum of it. They don’t need the fire going when Spring’s just lifted her skirts in Zadash, but it seems like such a waste to get a fancy room in the fancy Pillow Trove in the fancy Tri-Spires and not use it.

Which is, at least, one thing they’re using, stretched out on the carpet in front of the fire like a couple of vagrants as they are. Three years gone and things don’t really change, do they? Nott dozes curled up in a wingback chair, Frumpkin draped over her hip. On the bed behind them Jester has fallen asleep with wet claws, which she will fuss over in the morning, and Beau will fuss at her while she fusses for getting paint on her clothes. Molly can count the sleeping lumps of their friends around them, and it’s…he thinks of skipping stones. The triumph of watching it go just a bit further. Even Caduceus, gentle being that he is, is not exempt.

It trips up the back of Molly’s throat. He clicks his tongue and the tickle goes away, but he’s sure to chase it with a sip of wine just in case. He smiles into the fire.

“Let’s go anyway. I wanna see a coconut.” When he glances at Caleb the wizard is gazing at him steadily, eyes squinted in curiosity. Molly elaborates: “Saw an etching of one once. Real hairy. They look like—”

“Balls,” Caleb finishes for him and Molly’s smile turns into a delighted grin.

“Yes, exactly that!” He lifts his hand like he’s cupping a pair with a theatrical air of regality. These are important balls. Caleb snorts into his glass, and Molly drops his hand. “Makes sense. They are nuts.”

“Drupes, actually,” Caleb murmurs. Molly cants his head, puzzled—it’s strange for his movements not to be accompanied by a jingle of jewelry. He feels plain. “It is, mmh, a kind of fruit.”

Molly hums as he leans back on an elbow. When his tail flicks its fronds rustle. “Drupe, drupe. Sounds similarly phallic. Well, I want to see the hairy ones and the smooth ones. I like all types. Coconuts, I mean.” He doesn’t have to look when he can hear Caleb’s deadpan stare, but he’s got a strong buzz going and he’s never been intimate with shame. He slurps his fancy wine from his fancy glass and lifts his chin, “I have a story. Would you like to hear it, Mister Caleb?”

And perhaps it’s the name that gets him back in his good graces, because when Molly glances over next Caleb is nodding, hand lifting minutely from his knee to gesture him to continue.

“Closest we ever got to the Menagerie Coast was this little town east of Trostenwald. Wasn’t that close at all. We—me and uh, Yuli, the…you met the sisters? She was one of the snakes. There was this old woman there that fixed porcelain pots.” With gold, but that was another tale entirely. Molly pauses to suck his lower lip into his mouth, releasing it with a bobbing shrug. “Guess the flavor of the uh, story doesn’t matter. She told us this fable about a coconut while she worked. So—so to follow, you kind of have to imagine the coconut as a person. Can you do that?”

“Ja, Mollymauk, of course.” Molly stares at Caleb a beat, wondering where he should put the sudden pleasure of having his attention this long. It’s a heady power, makes him feel a little covetous. He drains his glass and sets it aside so he can properly twirl his hand in the air as he begins.

“There was a green coconut that everyone loved. He was nice, handsome, helpful. All the makings of a model citizen. The gods adored him because, well, of course they did. Don’t ask me what gods, she never specified, but the main one is Melora,” Melora. He glances to Caduceus, hulking frame curled up small on the bed around Jester; his corded tail undulates once, falls still. “The gods decide to throw this big party, so they invite their favorite mortals. Coconut goes all out. Robes, jewelry…hair? …He should have hair. I’m going to give him hair.”

“Are you making this story up as you go, Mister Mollymauk?”

Molly waggles a finger back and forth, rolling onto his side to grab the bottle and tip more into his glass. He sets it over his shoulder to avoid knocking it down, then scoots back into his recline.

“I’m not, swear on my grave. Both of them. So Coconut—let’s call him Nut, more or less of a mouthful depending on how you look at it—he pulls on all of his fancy clothes and heads to the party in this lavish castle. When he arrives, there are all these, mmm, ragamuffins milling out front. Tons of them, in clothes worse than yours.” He smirks. “They pull at his robes and touch his things as he makes his way to the door, ask him to spare anything he can manage. They’re hungry. He shoves them all away. Calls them trash, tells them ‘you don’t belong here!’” Molly tips his head back to stare up at the vaulted ceilings. He can sense, rather than actually feel, one of the blossoms tucked away in the waves of his hair detach and fall. “Nut doesn’t realize that Melora was watching from a window.

He’s greeted warmly. Everyone’s happy to see Nut! And the party goes on without a hitch. The horderves are delicious and on little sticks, every mug of ale is a perfect pour, there are bards. But Melora. She’s stuck on it. So she does what any self-respecting person would, and leaves the party. To disguise herself, that is, as a peasant and return to knock on the door. Nut greets her, and doesn’t recognize that she’s a, a goddess. I imagine divinity gives you quite the advantage with a disguise kit. Anyway, she begs Nut for food, for some money, for respite, and he tells her no every single time. It makes her sad and angry, because Nut is so loved. He’s supposed to be good and kind, right? But he’s a liar. So as he begins to close the door in her face, she casts off her disguise.”

Molly flourishes a hand, fingers wiggling in an approximation of Dispel Magic. “And there she is, Melora herself! And she says, ‘Nut, I’m so disappointed in you! You’re a right bastard!’ and strikes him ugly there at the doorway. Hairy and rough on the outside, but white and soft on the inside, because she hoped he could be good again. So that’s why green coconuts go brown.”

Molly could touch the ensuing silence if only he reached out with a claw. He takes a languid draw of his wine, watching Caleb’s face go through subtle passes over the rim of his glass.

“I have…some questions,” Caleb finally begins, like he’s tasting the words before he says them. Molly sets his glass aside and lays back across the carpet, arms stretching out at his sides.

“Like how brown and hairy is bad? Wondered the same thing myself. I’ve met plenty of upstanding hairy folk in my time,” he muses. He scratches his chest, lets his hand fall away with a muted thump, shuts his eyes with a contented sigh.

“Well, ja, but also. Mm. All the gods in the castle. …You know, I will need more wine for this. Pass it here.”

“I’m comfortable. You’re on your own, Caleb,” Molly breezes on a sigh, as though the bottle isn’t near enough. His tail slides languidly across the carpet. The fibres are spun so fine that it’s unbelievably soft beneath his hands, and he can’t help but flap his arms slowly like he’s making a snow angel. Bloody luxurious. The wizard’s only response is a grumble and a grunt as he lifts himself to retrieve the bottle.

A presence drifts across him like a cloud. Molly slits his eyes open in time to watch Caleb, hand braced near his ribs, stretch out over him for the wine and his thoughts skip again, like so many stones. He emanates heat, fireside warm, so close his rucked up shirt ghosts over Molly’s skin where his own blouse falls open, and Molly could grab fistfuls of that fabric and reel him in if he wanted. It’s…a nice thought. A pleasant little daydream.

Molly’s breath stills and without the drag and pull of it his pulse sounds exponentially louder. He shuts his eyes again when he hears Caleb’s fist close around the neck of the bottle and waits for him, for the feeling, to pass.

But the presence remains. The presence becomes the featherlight drag of a knuckle up his sternum, up the cord of his ugliest, most jagged scar. The nerves there are dead, he shouldn’t feel it, but he does if the gooseflesh shivering over his body is anything to go by. Molly opens his eyes and Caleb is close, so close, dangerously fucking close, gaze fixed studiously on his throat. The back of his knuckles brush his pulse.

“Okay,” Caleb says, as though to himself. “Okay, gut.”

Molly tilts his head back with an embarrassing amount of obedience and hope, baring his neck in suggestion, and maybe Caleb was going to do it anyway, hovering as he is, or maybe he’s humoring him, but his image blurs as he leans down to press his kiss to his throat, hair tickling across his collar. His beard rasps his skin, lips damp and soft and insistent on his fluttering pulse. And Molly—

Molly keeps still, utterly still as Caleb drags kiss after kiss up the long column of his neck. He shouldn’t give in to whim ( hands twisting in Caleb’s shirt to drag him down, to feel the weight of him pressing him into the soft carpet as he nips and licks his way into his wine-wet mouth, tail snaking up the back of his thigh ).

How much happens in three years? How much can change?

Not much on Molly’s part, the way his entire body lights up with want. Not because he’s being touched, but because Caleb is doing the touching—his breath shudders out of him and it breaks the spell much as he knew it would. A thumb strokes his neck, one final kiss tucked at the curve of his jaw, so near that Molly considers turning his head to catch his lower lip between his teeth, and gods, he’d be so good to him—. He doesn’t. He could, but he doesn’t. Caleb sits back, cleaving the space between them, his hazy blue eyes suddenly unreadable.

“Mollymauk—”

The roughness of Caleb’s voice takes him a moment to navigate. Molly unsticks his tongue from the roof of his mouth.

“Still alive,” he whispers when he can manage, cutting him off. It’s more soothing than he intends. Something between his ribs tilts sideways, bittersweet and wanting. “Still the whole coconut, Mister Caleb.”

Caleb huffs softly and averts his gaze, and Molly’s want turns to an aching fondness. He pushes himself up, reaching for the bottle, and tips the last of it into Caleb’s abandoned glass.

“Now, if you think that story’s wild, wait till you hear the one about the parrot and the grapes.”

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Critical Role Level Up

For the last time I have a summary of what the mighty nein get on levelling up

Fjord took a level in paladin (total of 4) and took the mobile feat, the number of preparable paladin spells is now 7

Jester, Caduceus, and Caleb have identical gains, +1 preparable spell (total 21) and can take a feat or an ability score improvement

Veth took one level of wizard and so gains a spellbook with 6 first level spells, 3 cantrips from the wizard list, and arcane recovery which can be used to regain 1 spell slot of level 1

Yasha gains an ability score improvement or a feat and +1 to her rage damage (total +4 to all melee damage that adds her strength modifier)

Beauregard has her choice of a feat or ability score improvement and +1 ki point (total 16)

The newly named Kingsly Tealeaf gains Brand of Castigation, a creature that takes Crimson Rite damage can be marked so that they always know the direction to the marked creature and whenever the marked creature deals damage to Kingsly while within 5 feet of them the marked creature takes psychic damage equal to Kingsly's Intelligence modifier, as well as a second use of blood maledict per short or long rest and a second blood maledict option

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Mighty Nein Level 15

The mighty nein are level 15 going into episode 137 here's what they get

Caduceus and Jester get 1 level 8 spell slot and the ability to prepare 1 additional spell (total 20 + cantrips)

Beauregard gets one additional ki point (total 15) and has a Timeless Body: no longer suffering the effects of aging and cannot be magically aged

Fjord takes another warlock level (total 12) gaining another ability score improvement or a feat and one additional eldritch invocation (total 6)

Caleb gains 1 level 8 spell slot and 2 more spells of 8th level or lower (i cant remember how many spells he has in his book), and can prepare 1 additional spell (total 20)

Yasha gains Persistant Rage: her rage only ends /early/ if she falls unconscious or chooses to end it early (in the previous campaign this feature was run as a rage could last indefinitely, but the intention is that 1 rage cant last longer than 1 minute. Which interpretation the cast go with will be interesting)

Veth gains 1 additional sneak attack die (8d6 total) and Slippery Mind: she has proficiency in Wisdom saves (i think she already did from taking resiliant) and can replace 1 spell known with another eligable wizard spell (enchantment or illusion unless she replaces one of the 3 spells that can be from any school; this one's complicated if you have questions it'll be easiest to look it up yourself)

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Critical Role Level Up

The CR cast has levelled again and so here we are to review once again their new class features at level 14

Yasha gains at level 14 the ability Rage Beyond Death. This means that if she’s raging she can’t be knocked unconscious by having her hit points reduced to 0, instead she remains awake until the rage ends. She still fails death saving throws when she takes damage however, but some good news, even if she has 3 death save failures as long as she regains at least 1 hit point before her rage ends she doesn’t die.

Jester and Caduceus have identical level ups here, each can prepare one additional spell per long rest of 7th or lower level (total 19) and the Destroy Undead feature they both have now effects undead of challenge 3 or lower

Beauregard gains +5 additional feet of unarmored movement (total 55 feet of movement), the Diamond Soul feature giving her proficiency in all saving throws and whenever she fails a saving throw she can spend 1 ki point to reroll the save, and +1 ki point (total 14)

Veth gains Blindsense, she is aware of every creature within 10 feet of her as long as she can hear, 1 more spell known of 3rd level or lower from the enchantment or illusion schools (10 total spells known, 3 from any school of magic)

Fjord gains a 6th Level Warlock spell which can be cast once per long rest /////// Fjord gains an ability score improvement or a feat of his choice and can prepare 1 additional paladin spell per long rest (total 7) it is unclear whether he went up in warlock or paladin

Caleb can prepare 1 additional spell per long rest (total 19), and gains the Master Transmuter ability; this allows him to sacrifice his transmuter’s stone in order to cause 1 extraordinary effect: transforming up to a 5 foot cube of nonmagical object into anything else of equal volume and mass and equal or lesser value, remove all curses, poisons, and diseases as well as restore all lost hitpoints, cast raise dead as an action instead of an hour, or finally reduce the apparent age of a creature by 3d10 years, however the creature never looks younger than when they were 13 and does not actually extend their lifespan

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Dorian has real big "noble running away from home" energy, if that's true and let's say he's the next in line, that would make him an heir genasi

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Oh god this episode is 5 hours?!

It’s so cute how they are just still blown away by the Kickstarter support

Right we’re just... chasing demons down a tunnel.

32 stealth that’s my girl Nott

Oh god those perception rolls

Imps?

lol poor Beau

Nott darlin’ please don’t run too far ahead

Jester’s like I wanna take the dead things for our swamp cats

N: "~why did you kiiiiill meeeeeee"

F: "Oh no. Nott? Nott?!"

Quasit chunks lol

C: "Nott wants you to know that you killed her."

Nott’s and Fjord’s playfully antagonistic relationship is so great

Stopped them from etching a gate. Nice.

I don’t like Nott being alone :(

Unsolicited whisper oh no

OH NO WHY’S HE ROLLING

Oh god was he charmed

Oh noooo

Oh no she told Caleb about Astrid

MORE WHISPERS OH GOD

Oh no

Oh god he got charmed oh god

Oh bad bad bad bad bad

YOU CANT

HAVE CALEB

BURN HIS FRIENDS

YOU CANT

DO THAT

TO HIM

Oh boy this is gonna suck

At least Caleb should be easy to take down??

Oh god oh god oh god

Oh my god they’re gonna need so many snuggles and some reassurance and probably a whole dog pile of cuddles after this

F: "It’s his only stat that sucks—"

C: "19"

Oh thank god he’s shaken it off

I think it’s time to leave time to run time to retreat

IT. IS. TIME. TO. LEAVE.

I’m real scared

Atta girl, Jester!! Close that rift

YAAAAS Beau! Stun that demon thing

Okay okay okay so far this isn’t the worst

Okay

FUCK

oh god I lied Caleb no

FAILED OH GOD

Oh thank god Cad healed him up

They’re all probably so rough right now tho god

He’s down again FUCK

and Cad is low on health FUCKFUCK

Nott always rolls well when she’s trying to get to her boy.

Oh my bless you Nott

I want them to leave but they can’t u til Yasha breaks out

She passed the

The goddamn

One time we wanted her to fail

Caleb’s down again, Yasha won’t snap out of it. They’re really in trouble this time.

God my head really genuinely hurts like are they gonna be okay

Oh thank GOD she finally broke out of it

Mess it up Nott do it do it do it

Frick Fjord’s down now god that’s all the guys

COME ON GIRLS DO THIS

YAAAAS THAT NAT20

He’s up! my boy!

COME ON GIRLS PLUS CALEB

yessss slowed him

COME ON BEAUUUUU

YES

THAT’S MY GIRL

GO BEAU

Rip his big ugly demon heart out THAT’S MY GIRL

God that whole fight physically wrecked me

Someone heal Cad someone heAL CAD

Sam’s face when he remembered it was an explosive arrow

Instant regret

Sam.

SAM.

You killed Caduceus

THANK GOD JESTER HAD REVIVIFY PREPPED AND THE SPELL SLOT

I’m gonna throw up

Taliesin’s characters have BOTH DIED NOW god I’m gonna

God I’m so glad she had that prepared

"Hey is it over?" I’m crying

Cad: "I had the weirdest dream."

I am very emotional like my god

Where are they gonna get another 300gp diamond

Sam literally looks like his whole life flashed before his eyes

"Dragon Age blood spatter effect" lol excellent description

Team cleric is so adorable, Cad thanking her and Jester being sorry for not healing him sooner

Platinum yay!

Oh good another monster head for them to carry around until it rots

Now is not the time to be touching strange objects

Caduceus just came back

An abyssal anchor... yeah that sounds like something we should try to destroy.

I’m just imagining them putting it in the bag and suddenly demons pouring out of the bag of holding

See I was right Matt confirms

Please let Beau have cool lightning gloves

I’m just... so exhausted by this episode. I can’t even imagine how they all feel, especially Taliesin

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God I’m so not ready for this episode

I’ve been waiting and avoiding spoilers all day but now that it’s time to watch I don’t actually want to watch I just want to know what happens and how much it will hurt me

When Taliesin laughs the world gets just a little brighter, I swear (or maybe my day just gets brighter)

My sister votes Liam to oppose Sam ("think of the relationship drama") but I say Taliesin because. Taliesin.

"Hey what the fuck" MOOD

Caleb really needs to leave he’s on the inside of a panic attack and he’s trying to stay with Nott but

"We’re sort of bonded by... dishonesty..." True mostly

"For some of us it’s sort of like a chain holding us back and keeping us from moving dorward" as shE LOOKS AT CALEB

HOLY SHIT SHE WAS VETH A HALFLING WOMAN

"And just... not." Thanks Sam.

I’m crying she was married

Oh Nott oh sweetie

NO WONDER SHE HATES WATER OH BABY GIRL OH GOD

Sam how could you hurt me like this

"Nott, you ran and got help, and here we are". IM WEEPING.

God Caleb is such a wreck and Nott is being so gentle now which is good because I was scared but they’re all gonna need him to talk about as much as he can now

Bless Cad for slowing it down and giving him the chance to breathe though

Fjord’s right they need to get Luke out of there

I’d trust Bryce with my life I think this is good plan I hope they don’t mind

HIS NAME WAS BREN

"I have been using you all"

I’m dying you guys

I knew his real name wasn’t Caleb but still I just cant

"I don’t think our actions define us all the time. Good people so bad things, sometimes. And bad people can do good things. I think you’re a good person." Jester coming in with the wisdom.

"I don’t think a good person would care about us."

"I don’t think a bad person would care whether or not they’re bad."

What’s under the badanges

Scars why scars

Oh god what did they do to him

Oh god oh no

Oh Caleb

THEY TORTURED HIM AND CALLED IT TRAINING IM

god I’m bawling

Listen to him still trying to excuse it oh god Caleb

He’s so fucking determined to believe he’s a bad person. He won’t admit out loud that he cares about the M9, he won’t admit that he was used.

I’m not arguing that at some point he wasn’t led to believe terrible things, but he isn’t that person anymore only he won’t see it.

I was wondering if anyone would remember that Trent was interested in Yasha

Bren Paltric Eranrude

C: "I used a lot of names. Caleb is just what I told you."

F: "What do you prefer?"

C: "I don’t know... Caleb. Let’s stick with Caleb for now."

We’re just gonna head into this long arc of saving Yeza and Caleb having to choose to run or face his past and face himself and boy I’m not emotionally ready for this

CALEB IS SO INCAPABLE OF SEEING HIMSELF AS ANYTHING BUT VILE AND IT HURTS ME

J: "Do you like us though? :D"

C: *pained* "...ja."

I’m crying

B: "Don’t run. I understand that you don’t believe in anything. But believe in us."

IM CRYING

F: "You met a buncha dangerous historians?"

B: "Yeah."

It’s been two minutes since I was crying and now I’m laughing god I love this group

"You’re trying to figure out if someone is alive? I can do that." lol Cad

I just remembered Nott sending a letter to Astrid again and I’m scared again

"Wrenched our monkey."

G’eof’f

The Xorhassians have Yeza?? Or is it Cerberus people disguised as Xorhassians?

Yeah let’s do this Cad’s way first. A message could be a real bad idea.

I love how Cad is always just hanging out on the side listening to them make convoluted plans before just going "I can do that"

Now we’re getting a little more Caduceus backstory?? So much backstory tonight.

I hope he finds some part of his family.

N: "What was your name before this?"

Cad: "...those who knew me called me Geoff."

"I promise if you stay with us you will also go through some horrible things." That shouldn’t have made me laugh like it did

"I would like nice again, at some point." MOOD.

So he IS in Xorhas?

N: "How are we going to get there?!"

Cad: "We’ve got a cart."

Boy I’m not sure about sending him a message I’m worried

That’s the most concise message Jester has ever sent I’m so proud of her

N: "Everyone likes you. You’re lovable! Dontyouthinksofjord?"

"You’re a hard negotiator, I respect that."

"I’m just a pigeon what do you want?"

Oh Jester babe be careful going into that tunnel

Polymorphing into a honey badger! (Liam Las Vegas? :D)

LEVEL 8 LEVEL 8 LEVEL 8

Dire honey badger ayyyyyye!

Okay but they’re not going to actually travel the tunnel are they?

Also why are the Crin always in tunnels/underground?

They’re just... in a tunnel.

God what a huge crazy insane emotional roller coaster these past two weeks have been. God I love this show.

LEVEL 8 YAY

Cad: “I’m doubling my spell range. I want to be able to heal from a LONG way!”

Jester: “I can infuse my weapons with POISON”

Our clerics everyone

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GUEST GUEST GUEST

Taliesin with his eyeliner is looking especially goth tonight

oh my god you guys had better make some amazing gifs from this I’m already excited

I’m crying Sam you’re so funny

I’m serious I want all the CR cast reaction gifs

Liam is so cute being all excited about his one shot!!

Oh no

Nott don’t blow up the ship

SAM

OH OH IS IT THE GUEST??

I bet its the guest

CALLED IT

oh god it’s a child

is it two children???

WHAT IS HAPPENING

It’s a child and a squirrel??

Jester is gonna adopt her

Taliesin is like shaking his head about this whole puzzle thing

JESTER DON’T SHOW HER THE

oh too late

She’s like Jester 2 I’m crying and I’m scared

I’m crying

Twiggy

“What is that?”

“We found a Twiggy.”

Oooo identify can’t work

“That’s Frumpkin and a half.”

Cad is very concerned about this hyperactive child who hasn’t eaten well lately

Conjuration glyphs… hmmm…

Oh no hideous laughter on Caleb

Aw dang he succeeded on his save roll

Travis just almost spit out his drink when Matt reminded them about the ship’s name

Jester suddenly a little jealous

Cad: “You have an air of authority”

Caleb: *panic mode*

Caleb honey we have talked about using suggestion on nice people

omg Nott’s got bullets

“I’m sorry that I used arcane trickery on you - can I use your happy fun ball?”

ooooooo!

Awwwwwwww. She’s cute I like Twiggy you guys.

Making Caleb all blush.

Awww and now he’s letting her play with Frumpkin all day. SO CUTE.

Oh. Oh that’s not good.

They literally opened a void hole

Caleb is not happy with this at all

Welcome to the Mighty Nein!

NOTT DO NOT GO IN THE HOLE

I dont like it

Oh my god she’s gonna get her head cut off

God I wanted a shopping episode but this is so much better

Oh daaaamn a fancy symbol

Oh shit it’s a vault

oh god oh god oh god

I mean I know they’re not gonna die it’s fine but still

Oh no

they’re somewhere weird without their tank

Somewhere not on the ship

oh good, corpses

I just wanted a nice chill episode did y’all HAVE to fuck with the magic clockwork ball

oh fuck

they are in the ball aren’t they

Cad’s gonna talk to the dead hellllll yeah

Fjord gets so touchy when people insinuate that he’s skinny xD

Oh jeeze I don’t liiiiiiiike thhiiiiiiis

The hut is super convenient tho

“Let’s kill her” I can’t breathe

So many books Caleb is delighted

OH FRICK

FJORD

Oh god oh no

This is baaaaad

oh no a doll

0/10

Matt what’s with the horror stuff

Ohhhh shit a book with spell equations

Caleb’s trying really hard not to put his curiosity about the book over his concern for Fjord

and now he’s taking it

BEAU

and Jester oh dear

“I can’t reach”

Caleb’s gonna cry about all those lost spell books

…an orb?

sure not THAT kind of orb

It’s gonna be an Aladdin’s lamp thing. Touch nothing but the lamp/orb.

OH DAMN is this their first dragon?? I cant remember but I think so

This episode has been a total mixed bag of hilarious and intense and just wtf

They’re all gonna die

I just wanted a nice calm episode with no life or death situations you guys

55 damage

they’re dead

they’re VERY dead

Guys I need to be up in 7 hours why the FUCK did you get yoruselves into a dragon fight

OKAY OKAY WAIT

JESTER CAN JUST PAINT THEM A DOORWAY OUT

Seriously Travis this is why we don’t fucking touch shit!!!!!!

There has to be an out somewhere, Matt wouldn’t just let them walk into this at level 7 without having an out for them

this WILL be a TPK if they stay

AHHHHH JESTER

HOLY SHIT

fuck

oh god

OH NO

FUCK

god DAMMIT IT WAS SO CLOSE

that could have saved them I cry

Oh no oh god oh no they’re dead

what is happening

I… cannot believe Fjord smashing his head into the crystal worked

Oh god, they’re gonna die

Or they’re gonna leave before Caleb and Nott even make it to the fucking dragon chamber

Taliesin is SO PROUD when he’s able to keep someone alive as Cad

Oh Jester

Oh Laura

Oh jester baby

Oh sweet girl

I need to sleep but I cant because I’m pretty sure the last time I passed out early Molly died

They need to leave but Nott and Caleb aren’t there yet

No more splitting up if you lose one of the group you go after them immediately this is so stupid they could be getting away if Nott and Caleb weren’t behind

OH FUCK THEY’RE PRONE

GET UP AND THEN EVERYONE GET THE FUCK OUT

“We’re running, It’s bad” CAD THAT’S THE BIGGEST UNDERSTATeMENT

yesss go Taliesin good call

NOTT GET UP AND RUN YOU IDIOT

nott

oh god oh god

Oh god please just run

get the fuck OUT Caleb

“Caleb wait for—oh, okay, bye.” Ouch, that hurts.

Oh god Jester.

We’re gonna lose Jester. I feel it.

oh thank god those bad rolls against Jester

Guys I’m literally gonna throw up

I cant believe Nott took that hit so that Jester could flee

JESTER AND NOTT ARE OUT

RUN JESTER RUN

I CANT BREATHE

SHE HAD 1 HP

AHHHHHHHH

KILL IT

HDYWTDT

PLEASE

YEEEESSSSS

LOOK AT HER SHE DID IT

AHHHHHHH

she did it

oh my god

im weeping

literally shaking

“this is for my ONY FRIENDS”

welcome to the Mighty Nein, baby girl.

please call it, matt, im so tired

oh thank god im going to cry

Orli is fucking tired of your antics, Mighty Nein.

AWWW Matt that was so sweet, letting her have a tooth

I’m crying you guys

Oh shit they were in there for a week??

Caleb’s moody about losing the books. But I’m so proud of him that he chose his friends over the knowledge.

Go the dos I can go to bed please I’m begging

Twiggy you’re so adorable I love you come back someday.

Oh Jester, baby girl. It’ll be okay, honey.

I’m very emotional.

Y’all they need a vacation. A nice day off. No near death nonsense for like two solid episodes.

“Weirdly I think I’m great.” that’s good to hear.

Caduceus is the best team dad you guys.

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